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From: stuart@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP (Stuart Kurtz)
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Subject: Re: C parsing : Significance of spaces
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Date: Wed, 25-Apr-84 11:46:26 EDT
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	You should notice that without spaces, it doesn't matter how
	you resolve the ambiguous construct a+++b, there can be at most
	three +'s (or -'s) there.  The point is that a++ is an
	expression, not a variable (an lvalue, not an rvalue -- if it
	matters).

	Curiously enough, if you add spaces (or parentheses) you
	can get five consecutive +'s or -'s, e.g., a++ + ++b.
	Cheers.

				Stuart Kurtz.